History of FLC

The Journey

February 2000
Playwright/librettist Pamela Meadows and musical arranger David Barnett go forward with the development of their work-in-progress, Fair Liberty’s Call. Andrew Batten, Executive Director of Raynham Hall Museum in Oyster Bay, provides historical collaboration and authentication.

April 2000
Fair Liberty’s Call is selected to be a sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, a tax-exempt organization working with the arts community in New York State to develop and facilitate programs in all disciplines.

June 2000
Fair Liberty’s Call becomes the recipient of a Pfizer Inc. grant. This developmental support is complemented by donations from numerous supporters of the project through the New York Foundation for the Arts.

July 2000
Fair Liberty’s Call: A Musical Story of Revolutionary America is presented as a series of Equity approved staged readings at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre in Greenwich Village.

September 2000
Fair Liberty’s Call receives a corporate grant from the Askari Corporation, after audiences and industry professionals respond positively to the Duplex presentation for its artistic value and educational merit. This donation makes it possible to sustain a workshop from January through June 2001.

November 2001
Fair Liberty’s Call becomes the recipient of an additional grant from Pfizer Inc. to further the artistic development of the project and expand its educational outreach.

January 2002
Fair Liberty’s Call is selected by Hofstra USA Productions at Hofstra University for a fully staged developmental production to be held at their Monroe Theatre in June 2003.

July 4-7, 2002
Raynham Hall Museum of Oyster Bay presents a staged reading of Fair Liberty’s Call featuring Equity actors and professional musicians at the Matinecock Lodge Historical Society Museum in conjunction with Raynham Hall’s authentic Revolutionary War enactment activities.

August 2002
Fair Liberty’s Call is invited to be part of the July 4th 2003 weekend festivities at the South Street Seaport Museum.

June 2003
Fair Liberty’s Call: A Musical Story of Revolutionary America has its world premiere at Hofstra University.

July 4, 2003
Fair Liberty’s Call is presented for two performances at the South Street Seaport in New York City as a part of the Seaport Museum’s and Marketplace’s Independence Day celebration.

December 24, 2003
The first studio cast recording of Fair Liberty’s Call is released, having been supported by individual donors enthusiastically responding to the project.